μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Culture hero teaches arts and crafts.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Culture hero establishes law and order. · view the constellation · filed as A541

Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys. American Indian: in practically all the mythologies – see Thompson Tales 272 n. 1
  • Eskimo (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 456
  • general S. Am. Indian (Maya): Alexander Lat. Am. 131ff., (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XXXX 78, 84, 86, 112ff., Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 368, (Guaporé River): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484, (Guarayú): Métraux BBAE (3) 437, (Cubeo): Goldman BBAE CXLIII (3) 789, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 115
  • general New Hebrides (Banks Is.): Codrington 152–166.
Within the index

Filed under Culture hero establishes law and order.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Culture hero invents and teaches the Irish language Culture hero as god of agriculture
Filed beside it
Culture hero completes work of creator Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters Culture hero tames winds in caves Culture hero regulates rivers Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal Demigods fight as allies of mortals Culture heroes clear plains Culture hero builds raths Culture hero establishes customs Culture hero establishes social system Culture hero dispenses food and hospitality

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